IT Project Manager at Clicks Group

Job description

Purpose and Objectives

• The main purpose of the job is to effectively manage IT projects aimed at affecting changes to business and IT processes, within agreed scope, time, cost and quality resulting in the realisation of the intended benefits to the affected business areas within the Clicks Group
• To effectively plan all aspects of a project and capture the results thereof in a comprehensive Project Management Plan (PMP), accepted and approved by the project sponsor and Steering Committee
• To effectively monitor, track and control the performance of a project against the agreed baseline (time, cost and quality) throughout the project life cycle
• To effectively communicate to all project stakeholders the status and performance of the project on a weekly basis, including timely communication of serious events that may have a significant impact on the project’s success
• To effectively manage project scope, applying formal change management for all changes (increase or reduction) to the previously agreed project baseline
• To effectively direct and manage project execution, including managing the performances of project team members and suppliers, in the completion of project deliverables
• To implement project products and services without any adverse impact to business processes
• To ensure all project acceptance criteria are met and gain sign-off and approval for all project deliverables, including the formal close of the project
• To manage inter-project and/ or inter-program dependencies
• To ensure optimum resource management and motivation of project staff
• To ensure all business transition activities are catered for and performed, e.g. acceptance testing, training, change management and post-implementation support
• To ensure alignment of appropriate solution architecture with business strategy

Requirements

JOB KNOWLEDGE

• Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Microsoft Office Visio
• Microsoft Project
• Understand Financial Management and Costing

JOB EXPERIENCE and QUALIFICATION

• Minimum 4 to 6 years IT Project Management practice
• 2 to 3 years’ experience in application development and support
• Proven hands-on experience in managing medium to large projects
• A team orientation
• 2 to 3 years in leadership or management role (preferably in IT)
• Working experience in the retail sector
• Project Management qualification
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Commerce or Computer Science
• Prince2 Foundation and Practice certificates
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate from Project Management Institute